A List of Interesting Sites to Help You with Your Library's . . .

Collections:

Getting Started with Graphic Novels: A Guide for the Beginner
Anne Behler, a reference librarian at The Pennsylvania State University, provides an explanation of what graphic novels are, and an annotated bibliography of useful resources.

Give them What they Want: Shake up your selection policy with multiple copies of popular books
Kristen Chen is a middle school librarian who shares her collection philosophy in this School Library Journal post. She only makes a passing reference to graphic novels, but does make some important points about collections in general.

Bringing Graphic Novels to Library Fans
A blog post written by Amy Alessio, found on the Graphic Novel Reporter, in which she writes about how to develop the graphic novel collection in the library by creating programs and marketing the collection. She provides an extensive list of print-based sources which can be used to assist with selection and collection of graphic novels for the library.

Services to Schools - Graphic Novels
A great resource from the National Library of New Zealand. It links to numerous resources to do with graphic novels and how to use them in the classroom and manage them in the library.

Challenges to Graphic Novels - what to do
Robin Brenner writes about how to deal with challenges of graphic novels in your library in this School Library Journal post. She also makes reference to the Comic Book Legal Defence Fund.

6 Tips to Get More Manga in Your Local Library
Robin Brenner provides 6 suggestions of how to get more manga added to the local library's shelves.

Graphic Novels in Elementary Schools
An informative slideshare which explains what graphic novels are, why they should be in libraries, and how to get them there. It also provides some reviews of graphic novels.

Comics in Libraries Wiki- "This wiki is a collaborative project of students enrolled in LIS590CL Comics in Libraries at the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science during May 2011."

The Librarian's Guide to Anime and Manga - A useful website for librarians that defines anime and manga, and links to other sites with reviews and recommended titles.

GNLIB
Graphic novels in libraries discussion group.

Selections:

The Graphic Classroom
Chris Wilson writes a blog for teachers and librarians where he reads and reviews graphic novels, as well as provides lesson suggestions.

Diamond Bookshelf
"designed to help educators and librarians discover how comics can become a dynamic and positive addition to your classroom or library - and how Diamond can help you bring them to your readers!"

Graphic Novels in Libraries UK
Angela, a library technician in the United Kingdom, promotes graphic novels in UK libraries, and writes reviews of them.

Teaching with Graphic Novels
A blog written by Rob Koo, a teacher in Ontario, who promotes the use of graphic novels in classrooms. He reviews graphic novels and relates them to curricula.

Graphic Novels
Library Book Lists - blog post that has an annotated list of graphic novel resources.

no flying, no tights
Robin Brenner's blog where she and some of her staff review graphic novels for all age levels.

YALSA Top 10 Graphic Novels for Teens
Young Adult Library Services Association top 10 graphic novels for teens lists from 2007 onward.

Best Graphic Novels for Children
A list of graphic novels for children ages 5 - 12 on goodreads. The list is generated by people's votes for book titles.

The 2010 Core Graphic Novels List
Generated by Graphic Novel Reporter.

Archive for Graphic Books
Early Word website and blog which reviews books for libraries. This specific blog is written by Robin Brenner and reviews graphic novels.

YALSA - Graphic Novel Resources - An annotated list of graphic novel resources from the American Library Association's June 2006 conference.

Comics Worth Reading - News and reviews of graphic novels, manga, comic books, and related subjects.